Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, eve…
This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. American Apartheid shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half…
This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. American Apartheid shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half…
"This collection of essays looks at the various ways in which women have coped financially in a male-dominated world. Chapters focus on Europe and Latin America, and cover the whole of the modern period. The central argument of many contributors is that, far from some accepted s…
In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world…
The authors argue forcefully that only one strategy will help the poor to any significant effect: economic growth, led by markets overseen and encouraged by liberal state policies. Their radical message has huge consequences for economists, development NGOs and anti-poverty camp…
Introduction and overview -- Economic, social, and political dimensions of the rental housing crisis / with Richard P. Appelbaum and Michael Anthony Campbell -- Why rents rise / with Zhenfeng Pan, Tom Lehman, Stephen A. Roosa, and Richard P. Appelbaum -- Pros and cons of rent co…
In 'Invisible City' urban planning researcher Gilderbloom turns his eye to fundamental questions regarding housing for the elderly, the disabled and the poor. He calls for a brave new housing paradigm that makes the needs of the marginalized populations visible to policy makers.
The 2.7 billion people living on $2 a day (or less) are not just the world's greatest challenge, they represent an extraordinary market opportunity. By learning how to serve them ethically and effectively, businesses can earn handsome profits while helping to solve one of the wo…
In this book Linda Martz explores the major developments in the theory and practice of poor relief in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and determines how far Spanish attitudes to poverty compared with those of other countries in western Europe. This scholarly and lucid e…
by Müller, Gerhard Ludwig, Gutiérrez, Gustavo
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